Matagorda County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
George Carter, Matagorda County, Texas, 1867
George Carter registered to vote in Matagorda County on August 13, 1867. He reported District of Columbia as his birthplace and 13 years in Texas, 13 of them in Matagorda County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Matagorda County registered 174 freedmen in 1867, 23% of its voters.
- District of Columbia
- Birthplace
- 13 years
- In Texas
- 13 years
- In the county
- about 1854
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1854 to 1870
George Carter
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- George Carter
- Place of birth
- District of Columbia
- County of registration
- Matagorda County
- Precinct
- 2
- Registered
- August 13, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 13 years
- Years in Matagorda County
- 13 years
- Years in the precinct
- 13 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Carter in Matagorda County
- Charles Carterborn in Virginia, reached Texas about 1851
Carters elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 5 of the Matagorda County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
African American genealogy in Matagorda County, Texas
Matagorda County freedmen and genealogyEvery freedman who registered in Matagorda CountyThe Carter name in TexasBorn in District of ColumbiaSearch Matagorda County by name